Dr. Erhard Keller | Dusseldorf | Hogan Lovells

Dr. Erhard Keller

Partner Intellectual Property

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English, German

Keller Erhard

Dr. Erhard Keller
Keller Erhard
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Erhard Keller has a longstanding reputation for his experience in unfair competition and trade mark matters. He frequently supports clients in the enforcement of IP rights and further advises on product labelling and advertisement questions.

Chambers Global: Ranking 2023

Erhard Keller has extensive experience in patent litigation and invalidity proceedings in all technical areas, with a specific focus on engineering and telecommunication, especially standard essential patents. He also has litigated countless trademark, unfair competition and copyright disputes as well as represented clients before the European Court of Justice. Erhard is also experienced in negotiating and drafting licensing agreements and a leading expert in trademark secret law with a leading commentary in this field (see: Keller/Schönknecht/Glinke  Geschäftsgeheimnisschutzgesetz: GeschGehG).

He is chairman of the expert committee for trademark law and unfair competition at the German Association of Intellectual Property. 

He is a regular speaker at IP-related conferences. Erhard studied law in Heidelberg. After five years as an assistant to Prof. Hefermehl, a leading character in the field of intellectual property law, he joined the former IP-boutique von Falck & Tilmann in 1989 and became a partner in 1991.

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"Excellent trademark lawyer", "fair opponent", "dogmatic excellent"and "he is stellar".

JUVE handbook, 2014/2015

Credentials

Education
  • Heidelberg University
Memberships
  • German Association of Intellectual Property and Copyright Law (GRUR)

Recognition

Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Unfair Competition (Germany)

Chambers Global

2018-2023
Leading lawyer for competition law, real authority in UWG

JUVE Handbook

2020/2021
Trade Mark Star and Patent Star

MIP IP STARS

2021
Included for Intellectual Property law

Edition Best Lawyers™ in Germany

2020
Great knowledge, always thorough and prudent.

JUVE

2012/2013
Top lawyer for Copyright Law

WirtschaftsWoche

2023